CHOPIN FOUNDATION OF THE UNITED STATES, INC. Officers & Directors Krzysztof Penderecki - Honorary Chairman Blanka A. Rosenstiel - Founder & President Olga Melin - Vice President Richard Lubman - Treasurer Renate Ryan - Secretary Directors Agustin Anievas, Roberta O. Chaplin, Norman Edelcup, Rosa Rita Gonzalez, Keith Gray, Edith Hall Friedheim, Vivianne Swietelsky Volume XXIX / Number 1 • FALL 2018 Artistic Consultants Panel Dr. Adam Aleksander, Chair Agustin Anievas, Kevin Kenner, Margarita Shevchenko TABLE OF CONTENTS Executive Director Jadwiga Viga Gewert Message from the Founder/President .....................................2 Regional Councils of the Chopin Foundation Donors and Contributors ...............................................................3 San Francisco Chopin Council - Mack McCray, President Message from the Executive Director ......................................4 Northwest Chopin Council - Adam Aleksander, President Virginia Chopin Council - Robert Joskowiak, President Highlights from the 2017-2018 Season .....................................5 Scholarship Committee 2018 Frost Chopin Academy & Festival ....................................6 Dr. Adam Aleksander, Peter Miyamoto, Tian Ying 2018/2019 Chopin Concert Schedule ........................................8 Advisory Board 2020 National Chopin Piano Competition Bonnie Barrett - Yamaha Artist Services Joel Harrison - American Pianists Association Rules and Repertoire .................................................................9 Gary Ingle - Music Teachers National Association 2018/19 Scholarship Recipients .................................................. 13 Ron Losby - Steinway & Sons Scholarship Program for Young Pianists ................................ 14 International Artistic Advisory Council Agustin Anievas, Martha Argerich, Emanuel Ax, Jeffrey N. Babcock, The Odyssey of Chopin’s Heart, by Piotr Mysłakowski ........ 15 John Bayless, Luiz Fernando Benedini, John Corigliano, Christopher T. Dunworth, Chopin Foundation Council of San Francisco ...................... 18 Charles Dutoit, Nelson Freire, Bruno Leonardo Gelber, Gary Graffman, Horacio Gutierrez, Marta Istomin, Byron Janis, James Judd, Cyprien Katsaris, Zoltan Chopin Foundation Council of Northwest ............................. 19 Koscis, Garrick Ohlsson, Paloma O’Shea, Daniel Pollack, Maurizio Pollini, Abbey Simon, Michael Tilson Thomas, Charles Wadsworth, Susan Wadsworth, Krystian Zimerman Sponsors .............................................................................................20 Editorial Contributions/Donations ............................................................. 21 Polonaise is published semi-annually by the Chopin Foundation of the USA 1440 79th Street Causeway, Suite 117, Miami, FL 33141 Editorial Office: 305.868.0624 • 305.865.5150 (Fax) Cover photo: Chopin’s grave at Pere-Lachaise Cemetery (Cimetiere E-mail: [email protected] • Website: www.chopin.org du Pere-Lachaise) in Paris, France where Chopin was buried on Publisher: Lady Blanka A. Rosenstiel October 30, 1849. Executive Editor: Jadwiga Viga Gewert Editor: Barbara Muze, Marketing/Development Manager Copyright © Chopin Foundation of the United States, Inc. All rights reserved. Contributors: Adam Aleksander, Robert Joskowiak, Mack McCray, Beata Paszyc, Lynne Schaefer, Dr. Alan Walker Design: Rick Tuckerman, Zoom IQ Creative Marketing Message from the Founder and President “Patience and perseverance have a magical effect before which difficulties disappear and obstaclesJOHN QUINCY vanish. ADAMS” Blanka A. Rosenstiel Founder and President The Chopin Foundation recently made a very important announcement: in tremendous incentives to pianists and encourage music educators to foster a February of 2020 at the Tenth National Chopin Piano Competition (NCPC), love of Chopin’s music with their students. On page 13 you will meet our newly the first prize award will be $100,000 – the largest cash award of any piano awarded scholarship recipients for the 2018-19 school year. Congratulations to competition in the United States! This significant prize will be awarded to a these young pianists and their teachers. Please take a good look at their fresh brilliant young American pianist selected by our esteemed jury. The winner young faces; among them may be the next laureates of the 2020 NCPC! will go on to represent the US at the International Chopin Competition in Warsaw later that year. In addition to this handsome cash prize, the winner is I want to thank the many individuals and organizations that help to maintain automatically accepted to the Warsaw competition where all travel expenses the Chopin Foundation as a vibrant and important part of the world of are covered by the Chopin Foundation. The Foundation also organizes an classical music. Our sponsors, members, supporters and friends continually extensive concert tour for our US champion. At this very moment there are renew my faith in our much needed mission. I would especially like to many pianists working hard to refine their keyboard skills and to master recognize our Executive Director, Jadwiga Gewert on her 25th anniversary Chopin’s beautiful music, as well as many dedicated music teachers sharing with the Chopin Foundation. Her loyalty and dedication are deeply their knowledge and nurturing these young artists so they can succeed at the appreciated. Congratulations, Jadwiga! NCPC and claim this coveted award. My sincere thanks also to Mrs. Barbara Muze who, through her assistance I invite you to read all of the details regarding prizes, rules and repertoire for to the President for the last five years, has added all of her efforts to the the 2020 NCPC announced in the special centerfold section of this Polonaise. promotion of our Chopin Foundation. We have an excellent team! And we have all of you, our generous donors and lovers of classical music; I thank To those who regularly read this magazine, you know how very dear the you all. Best wishes for a terrific school year full of hard work, patience, mission of the Foundation is to my heart, which is why we continue to offer perseverance and rich rewards. 2 // Polonaise Fall 2018 Founder Donors and Contributors Corporate Sponsors Lady Blanka A. Rosenstiel American Pianists Association Barnes International Realty Grand Benefactors Friends of Broward Libraries * Harvey & Roberta Chaplin to thoseWe whose extend vision and our support deepest have helped thanks us this year** Gray & Sons Jewelers * Dr. Carlos J. & Mrs. Carmen with our mission - to develop the next generation of great musicians! * Greater Miami Convention & Dominguez May we continue to add to this esteemed roster others Visitors Bureau * Norman Edelcup who will join us in support of our goals. Music Teachers National * Keith & Agnes Gray Association Mark & Brenda Fountain Piano Music Center /Tony Siciliano *Frank & Gloria D’Alessandro * Carlos Rivas & Maria C. 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